Border Control

All the news, press releases and reports on the use of biometrics in the Travel & Transportation sector - including land, sea and airside border control, automated fast track systems, boarding gates and baggage handling…

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Veridos taking part in EU autonomous border R&D 14 January 2021

Veridos, a leading provider of integrated identity solutions, is taking part in EU-funded research projects to enable the next generation of on-the-fly identity verification, investigating new biometric modalities.


UK Covid-19 passport from iProov and Mvine enters trial phase 13 January 2021

Mvine and iProov announce today their design for a simple, secure and widely recognised Covid-19 immunity and vaccination passport will now move into live testing. 


IDEMIA and Oklahoma Employment launch ID solution 08 December 2020

IDEMIA and the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) today announced the state of Oklahoma has launched a new Identity Proofing & Verification solution (ID&V), to prevent fraud and process unemployment benefits 


CBP to introduce biometric facial comparison at Buffalo 26 November 2020

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the implementation of biometric facial comparison technology at the pedestrian border crossing at Peace Bridge  in Buffalo, New York. 


Etihad Airways and SITA trial facial biometric check-in for cabin crew 25 November 2020

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has partnered with information technology company SITA, to trial the use of facial biometrics in order to check in cabin crew at the airlines Crew Briefing Centre at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

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CBP introduces Simplified Arrival at MIA 24 November 2020

LumenVox and fms/Austrosoft partner on transport 09 November 2020

Singapore to use iris and face for borders 05 November 2020

CBP reveals Simplified Arrival at LAX 03 November 2020

CBP introduces biometric facial comparison 02 November 2020

Face recognition system developed for Mt. Fuji visitors 29 October 2020

Vision-Box deploys contactless passenger experience for Emirates 27 October 2020

CBP announces preclearance expansion 30 September 2020

Winnipeg International Airport launches six Vision-Box eGates 17 September 2020

Frontex offers $590,000 to study biometric borders 09 September 2020

e?dentity proposes biometrics to identify asymptomatic COVID cases 29 July 2020

iProov to provide contactless travel entry for Eurostar 17 June 2020

App using Regula SDK improves border efficiency in Portugal 29 May 2020

Event to cover Biometric Touchless ID and Contactless Clearance 20 May 2020

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Features

Waving goodbye to queues with your fingerprint?

Advanced optical biometric devices that read fingerprints at walking speed, as users wave their hands through scanners, promise to resolve speed issues raised by previous biometric authentication methods. But experts caution that it may not be so straightforward.


What is the Apex Air Entry and Exit Re-Engineering project?

A question and answer session designed to answer questions about the Apex Air Entry/Exit Re-Engineering (AEER) project and its integration of biometrics


EAB Contribution to Horizon 2020 consultations

An outline of some key research priorities and objectives are presented as input to the preliminary consultations surrounding the theme of Trustworthy ICT within the Horizon 2020 programme.


Airports: a mirror for future biometrics?

Are humanoid robots the future of border controls? Could the whole experience from getting a passport, buying a ticket, dropping of luggage and being pre-cleared for travel, shopping at and being monitored at the airport and on aircraft to leaving the destination airport be automated by biometrics in user-friendly, secure, acceptable and visible ways?


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Events

Identity Week Asia 2021 8-9 Sep 21

Identity Week London 2021 22-23 Sep 21

connect:ID 5-6 Oct 21

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